A method for controlling an energy production and distribution system includes identifying sources that supply input resources, subplants that produce output resources using the input resources, and sinks that consume the output resources. The method includes obtaining a cost function including a cost of producing the output resources and generating a transit time constraint that requires the input resources be sent from the sources to the subplants at a first departure time that occurs before a first arrival time at which the input resources are predicted to be used by the subplants. The method includes solving an optimization problem to determine an amount of the output resources to produce at each of multiple time steps within a time period. Solving the optimization problem includes performing an optimization of the cost function subject to the transit time constraint.
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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input resources comprise raw resources and the one or more subplants comprise one or more raw resource subplants configured to convert the raw resources to refined resources and one or more refined resource subplants configured to convert the refined resources to the output resources.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost function comprises a cost of converting one or more of the input resources to one or more of the output resources for each of the subplants.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost function comprises a cost of transporting the output resources from the subplants to the sinks based on geographic locations of the subplants and the sinks.
10. The controller of claim 9, wherein the one or more subplants comprise one or more raw resources subplants configured to convert raw resources to refined resources and one or more refined resource subplants configured to convert the refined resources to the output resources.
14. The controller of claim 9, wherein the cost function comprises a cost of converting one or more of the input resources to one or more of the output resources for each of the subplants.
15. The controller of claim 14, wherein the cost function comprises a cost of transporting the output resources from the subplants to the sinks based on a geographic location of the subplants and the sinks.
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